Project ACCEPT is designed to improve engagement and retention in medical care for youth ages 16 to 24 years with newly diagnosed HIV. The educational and skill-building intervention was deployed at four demonstration sites and increased rates of medication use and appointment adherence in comparison to a control group. Although originally developed for cisgender youth, Project ACCEPT may be adapted for gender-diverse people.
Community Advisory Boards
Community Advisory Boards (CABs) provide clinics with input and guidance from patients regarding the design and delivery of care. To be effective, CABs follow operating procedures to guide them to carry out tasks like selecting members, convening meetings, gathering feedback, and working with clinics to improve their operations.
Best Practices
- Best Practices Compilation
Resources
- SPNS Improving Care and Treatment Coordination Black Women with HIVHow consumer and community advisory boards can inform the development of evidence based interventions for Black women with HIV.
- Center for Engaging Black MSM across the Care ContinuumPatient-driven approach (Project Silk) engages clients and elicits their advice on program design and service delivery.
- HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)
Workbooks for RWHAP planning bodies and other entities to self-assess their effectiveness.
- New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
Guide on ways an organization can involve consumers in quality improvment.
- AIDS Alliance for Children Youth and Families
Workbook on setting up and operating a consumer advisory board (CAB).
Webinars
- IHAP TA CenterOpen forum discussion on integrated HIV prevention and care planning bodies.
Conference Presentations
Tarrant County HIV Administrative Agency
Kaitlin Lopez, Brandon Bright
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
University of Southern California
Luis Argueta, Guadalupe Morales Avendano, Gisselle Soto Rivas, Shary Alonzo, Shary Alonzo, Monica Chagoyan, James Homans
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
New England AIDS Education and Training Center
Kristin Moccia, Todd Foy, Amanda Hart
2022 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
Community Heath Center, Inc.
Kathleen Harding, Maria Lorenzo, Joselyn Rodriguez
2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment